COUNTY COUNCILS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 125, 2 July 1914, Page 11

COUNTY COUNCILS.

WAIPARA. ""'At thfe Monthly meeting Of the Waipara County Council there were present —Messrß G. Rutherford (chairman), N. B. Campbell, B. Evans, W. W. M'Rae, W. F. Pannett, and A. Todd. Correspondence was read from the Valuation •eparti&ent, notifying having forwarded the revised valuation rails, and asked that they be open for inspection by the public during-oflS.ce hours till July 2. Mr S. Gibb asked that pipes be placed in the two open fords on the road leading to jhis homestead, cost of the work ;be -eha'rged jto the .^Fourths'' that , &, , re ! in "credit' to this ■ was decided thteft 0t Canipbell, with' the fore•'litaii;, ftispeftt thl&' r fords, and ! Report to next meeting. ' ' Mr L. A. Rutherford' applied for some shingling to'be done on the Virginia Road. —It. was. decided ibat a .team be sent ag soon as available. The . Minister of. Railways for- , warded a. circular letter, regarding section 10 of,' , 5 the Government Railway Amendment Act. The Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, forwarded statement of levy for the year 1914-1915, " amolmting' t0£1774 14/2. The secretary •f the 5 Automobile Association asked •that if the association provided a notice koard, with thewOrds, "Go slow,' * would the council erec€ : it on Foster's Cutting!' The association also cpnsidered J that a fence of soirie sort was i( j»ecessary on the outside of the cutting. "—lt was decided. to erect,, the ..notice board, buf not to grant the other re-. : "ijuest. Cr 'Panhett movecl in accordance. with" notice .'giV^n—" That the sanitary inspection of. the district be handed over to the Hospital and Chari- - table Aid BOard." The .motion was ' carried. Ts«' s66retary of the Open-/ air Hoirie "f6r - Children; Ftind wrote, asking the council to co-operate by appealing to the residents of the county. , —lt was de(pi<|ea! that a public meeting be called at tiieCounty Office on a date, to be arranged, ; and that the Christchurch. Committee be a&ked to send someone' iip to' address the "meeting. Cr ■ EvanS'irepbrted ;i that the alterations to the stone-crusher' be completed in about ten day&< It was decided to test '' the-erUshfli' at'the ! quarry on the North Road. ifes^rs 1 Ryan ; Bros.' : tender <,f 1 ' gfcT'fcdr giW yitra JToar' the pf f . shing}e.,to , Jury's ( Road was accepted. ' It' n,otice of inten--5-Bths of a penny in the £. • ,

KOWAI, ; : The monthly meeting of the Kowai, i County Oouncal was.attended by Messrs jElale (chairman), Rowe, M'Lean, ; • Mathers,' ttild Hanuas. The Broomfield bridges were reported to be completed, ' Aiifi the ''cbnttafetbr the approaches iad the w.oyk ( iyell ijp. haiid. It wa.s re-, . solved t'tiat -%h'e li'sual conditions in supplying a waterway by means of concrete' pipes at an, ~ property at; Broomfifild ' ;be| complied ..with... , The. ' !council resoived^"to take ,no,.f.esp[bnsibdlity in the. matter of iafFox's Creek, as complained -of jby Mr -P. - fSchmatik.., - Mr James - Ashworth - wrote, accepting the council's terms ias tb the- purchase of'part of closed'r'<md, Befton. Messrs Douds Bros, were ' ordered't'O informed that upon their fencing the road-line through their property, any damage outside the road-line would be Repaired fciy the council. The ehairnYatlil reported: that the heavy traf- . fie by r law.case l^ad.been decided in ', favour of the -cduncil,' and that the defendant .had with the council. It was decided that the -Leithfield .Pound,' be repaired, and that applications be invited for the position of : rangfer; : ' •> > The Sefton-Asihliey Drainage Boatfd ;request to remove soil from the N-orths Road .for . the, purpose of making an embankment, was again be- - ; the" 1 counfeil, and - permission w T as granted upon certain conditions.